The Aspen Institute and the Global Leaders Council for Reproductive Health (GLC) visited Malawi for a consultation on the Presidential Initiative for Maternal Health and Safe Motherhood hosted by President Banda and convened by the Aspen Institute. The Presidential Initiative, which seeks to increase the availability, accessibility and utilization of maternal and newborn health care services to accelerate improvement of maternal and newborn health through community involvement, was launched in April 2012.

Participants – including Malawi government officials at the highest levels, civil society and donor government representatives – discussed progress to date on implementation of the Presidential Initiative’s priorities and identified specific opportunities for the GLC and other partners to support the expansion of access to reproductive health care in Malawi. The Aspen Institute is currently exploring the opportunities identified in the consultation, which included support for communications with potential donors, involvement of chiefs, training of community midwives, and design of the maternity waiting shelters.

An opportunity for members of the Global Leaders Council to discuss the Council's mission, accomplishments to date, and the challenges and opportunities ahead, including the post 2015 development agenda and the commitments made at the London Summit on Family Planning. Read More

The objective of this delegation is for Maghreb investors to gain a better understanding of effective models for private equity, venture capital and angel investment in the areas of IT, Renewable Energy, Turnaround / Buyout, Early Stage and Real Estate.

The Aspen Strategy Group convenes the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue in conjunction with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Aspen Institute India to take a broad look at the Indo-U.S. relationship and serve as a forum to help the two countries act as partners in the face of strategic international challenges. Read More

Common Core State Standards and teacher effectiveness initiatives, including new evaluations, have emerged as the most significant, pervasive, and potentially impactful priorities for improving public education.

Join us for this exciting new series! Over two years the group will explore six paired themes—perennial human themes which have shaped our world—as they have been taken up from Athens to Aspen, that is, from the ancient period to our contemporary age.

In this eight week series, participants gather to discuss key foreign policy issues facing the world today, as outlined in the 2013 Foreign Policy Association briefing book. This year’s topics will include the Future of the Euro, Egypt, NATO, Myanmar and Southeast Asia, Humanitarian intervention, Iran, China in Africa, and Threat assessment.

The first event of the 2013 Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series will feature Taylor Branch, author of the acclaimed America in the King Years trilogy, discussing his new book The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement (Simon & Schuster).

How is the global marketplace for handmade products changing and where is it going in the future? Keith Recker of HAND/EYE and Peggy Clark of the Aspen Institute will moderate a panel of representatives from founding member companies of the U.S. State Department's Alliance for Artisan Enterprise.

Roundtable featuring the Honorable Kurt Campbell, assistant secretary of state for east asian and pacific affairs, in conversation with New York Times Chief Washington Correspondent David Sanger. Read More

In this eight week series, participants gather to discuss key foreign policy issues facing the world today, as outlined in the 2013 Foreign Policy Association briefing book. This year’s topics will include the Future of the Euro, Egypt, NATO, Myanmar and Southeast Asia, Humanitarian intervention, Iran, China in Africa, and Threat assessment.

Since its inception, the Connect U.S. Fund has used its program of grant-making and operations to foster strong collaboration and advocacy among NGOs seeking to advance responsible U.S. global engagement in an increasingly interdependent world. Over the last eight years, the Connect U.S. Fund has been a key player in the promotion of multilateral engagement and strong U.S.

Join us for this year’s exploration of the Great Books. Each year community members come together to engage in lively and rigorous dialogue using excerpts from the Great Books. Aspen Institute senior moderator Pete Thigpen will moderate this year’s series. Pete has been a Senior Fellow and Moderator for the Aspen Institute since 1989 as well as a lecturer at the Haas School of Business, and is on the board of a number of business and nonprofit organizations.

A new report, to be released at this event, details how new technology to improve data on the nonprofit sector can spur innovation and impact. Authors are Beth Noveck, former director of the White House Open Government Initiative, and Daniel Goroff who while at the Office of Science and Technology Policy, helped establish the new Interagency Task Force on Smart Disclosure. Read More